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6 votes
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Chevy Volt discontinued: Chevrolet's last Volt rolls off the assembly line
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Airbnb signs agreement to acquire HotelTonight
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U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
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Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won't run for President
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Twenty-one horses died at a single racetrack in the last ten weeks. How did it happen?
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Kentucky approves bill to make 'doxing' illegal after Covington student's online backlash
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Unicorn Riot leaks chat logs, revealing white nationalist plot to keep Steve King in office
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Hip-hop artists give the US Supreme Court a primer on rap music
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"Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek revealed he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer
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How a group of 'last-chance' college basketball players transformed a winless program
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Theranos: How a broken US patent system sustained its decade-long deception
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Boutique and established cooperages around the country are trying to reinvent the whiskey barrel
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What happens now that China won't take US recycling: Many waste-management companies are simply burning recyclables or sending them to landfills
15 votes -
US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Wheeler: "Is climate change the existential threat? I don’t see it as the existential threat, no"
7 votes -
The Oppression of the Supermajority
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Tornadoes in the Southeast are getting worse -- and they're often the deadliest
4 votes -
New window film reduces energy costs
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The Steven Spielberg vs. Netflix battle could mean collateral damage for indies at the Oscars
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MLS Week 1: All Match Discussions
A list of matches for the week: Toronto FC @ Philadelphia Union New York City FC @ Orlando City FC New York Red Bulls @ Columbus Crew New England Revolution @ FC Dallas Real Salt Lake @ Houston...
A list of matches for the week:
Toronto FC @ Philadelphia Union
New York City FC @ Orlando City FC
New York Red Bulls @ Columbus Crew
New England Revolution @ FC Dallas
Real Salt Lake @ Houston Dynamo
Portland Timbers @ Colorado Rapids
Minnesota United FC @ Vancouver Whitecaps
Chicago Fire @ LA Galaxy
FC Cincinnati @ Seattle Sounders
Montreal Impact @ San Jose Earthquakes
Atlanta United FC @ DC United
Sporting Kansas City @ Los Angeles FC9 votes -
ALOHAnet - The oft-forgotten Precusor to Wireless Communication
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The US Electoral College doesn't need to be abolished. We just need to apportion it. Discuss!
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Technology takes center court in the basketball world: The NBA elevates the game and fan experience thanks to technology and tech-savvy team owners willing to try new things.
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The life of a comment moderator for a right-wing website
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Workism is making Americans miserable
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Lyft files first for IPO in litmus test for the industry
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Dredg - Scissor Lock (2002)
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Battles - Ddiamondd (2007)
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Former officer Mohamed Noor pleads not guilty to Justine Ruszczyk Damond’s death
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Canada has formally commenced the process to extradite Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei to the USA
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The top six medical inventions during the American civil war
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US fake university racket: Students had no way to check Farmington's authenticity
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UC terminates Elsevier subscription citing unstable fees and irreconcilable differences in approach to open research
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Pedestrian deaths reach highest level in decades, US report says
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Decline in HIV infections stalls as Trump administration aims to end epidemic
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America's professional elite: Wealthy, successful and miserable
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Opportunity did not answer NASA’s final call, and it’s now lost to us
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Testimony of Michael D. Cohen — Committee on Oversight and Reform — US House of Representatives
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Musical.ly/TikTok agrees to pay $5.7M to settle FTC allegations that it violated children’s privacy law
10 votes -
Breathtaking new NASA images show Jupiter’s otherworldy storms
5 votes -
Fox ordered to pay $179 million to 'Bones' participants
11 votes -
The Jetzons - Hard Times (2008)
5 votes -
Jacob Wohl has spread lies on Twitter about Robert Mueller, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kamala Harris, and more. Now, he’s eyeing the 2020 US election.
22 votes -
US Securities and Exchange Commission asks judge to hold Elon Musk in contempt for violating settlement related to Twitter usage
17 votes -
Mississippi players kneel during anthem in protest at local Confederacy rally
8 votes -
An interesting essay about Lois Weber, once the highest-paid director in Hollywood, her works now all but forgotten
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Major League Soccer starts next week. Who do you support?
I'm excited to see my Timbers play again! I went to the Cup in December, and even though we lost, it was a great time. Who do you support?
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Wild Bill Hickok: He Claimed He Killed 100s, But His Fatalities Were Closer To 10
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‘Green Book’ wins Best Picture Oscar despite controversy
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Would you pay higher taxes for better government services?
In the US the tax rate on the bottom 78% of earners taxes was less than 7% England has a tax rate for the same income of 11.5% The top 6% (Avg Adjusted Gross income 514,000) paid $840 Billion of...
In the US the tax rate on the bottom 78% of earners taxes was less than 7%
England has a tax rate for the same income of 11.5%
The top 6% (Avg Adjusted Gross income 514,000) paid $840 Billion of the income taxes
The Bottom 49.1% (Earning less than 45k AGI) paid $97 Billion of taxes, but 27.4 Million Households filled for $66.7 Billion in EIC tax credits
If the taxes on the bottom 78 percent were increased 6% to a level similar to England the USA could have universal health care
The US Spends 3.4 Trillion on Healthcare.
Just 5% of Americans Account for 50% of U.S. Health Care Spending. So taking away the top 5% means the US spends about 5,500 per person. More than UK, but with a long term approach we can tackle that.
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Saying no to covering all issues. See above. Total cost down to 1.8T
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Accepting a tax increase
- Doubling the Medicare withholding will provide 500B
- Down to 1.3T
- Reallocate state spending In 2015, state governments across the country spent a combined $605 billion on health care
- Down to 700 Billion
- Increase taxes 6% across the board, like those of countries that provide healthcare. 600B in Funding
- Down to 100 Billion
- 1/3 of expenses in 2017 was payable for hospital room rentals and 21% was to doctor's office billable hours
- Increase utilization to make hospitals & Doctors more efficient so cost can be cut
- 1% reduction in billable hours and room rates Down 100B
- Adjust pricing based on cost savings
- Repeat
If the US had higher taxes for gas we could have a better Infastructure. Using rough math we in 2017 underfunded the highway dept about $21.5 billion
- 40 Cents per Gallon vs 18.4 cents currently
- 33 Cents vs 17.5 cents for Highway maintenance at fully funded for at least the next 5 years
* 1 Cent vs 0.9 cents Gas Safety and storage. Round it up to a full penny better saftey funds for better clean up
* 4 cents a new Green energy tax for Green projects - 2 Cent New Metro Projects tax
$5.5 Billion annual funding for projects, plus using funding not going to covering the underfunded highway dept means who doesn't want to announce a 10 year $250 Billion Green Deal Project. Get States to match it 40/60 and its a $600 Billion Project
$96 a person more and With this Major Cities can tackle major projects and Rural cities can apply for the Metro Funding. $1.5 Billion each state gets on average can be applied however but that's encouraging moving to a Green plan.
The U.S. combined gas tax rate (State + Federal) is According to data from the OECD, is the second lowest (Mexico is the only country without a gas tax).
The average gas tax rate among the 34 advanced economies is $2.62 per gallon. In fact, the U.S.’s gas tax a rate less than half of that of the next highest country, Canada, which has a rate of $1.25 per gallon.
We want to have the European advanced economy of our peers but we arent wanting to pay for it
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